Commerce & delivery
Layby Africa / ZimLayby
Multi-store layby commerce connecting customer applications, instalments, inventory reservations and retailer operations.
STEPHEN KAHWITI
Venture
Builder.
Founder, operator & software builder.
I build businesses and the systems
that keep them moving.
CONNECTED FORMS / MOTION STUDY
01 / THE THROUGH-LINEIDEA → OPERATION
Business thinking.
Builder’s instinct.
The interesting part is making
the whole thing work.
I’m a Zimbabwean founder and operator working at the intersection of commerce, operations and software. I take a hands-on approach to the business and the systems behind it.
From a customer’s first payment to the records in the books, my work focuses on connecting the daily detail to the bigger picture.
The experience behind the workSTRATEGY↗PRODUCT↗OPERATIONS
02 / THE PORTFOLIOBUSINESS · SOFTWARE · CLIENT WORK
The whole
picture.
From the businesses I help run to the software and websites I build. Explore the work across commerce, operations, finance, healthcare and construction.
26Portfolio
entries
entries
Products, client projects and experiments.
My contribution is marked on each.
26 portfolio entries
Commerce & delivery
Youze Africa
Cross-border shopping requests, quotes, order tracking and fulfilment workflows between South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Commerce & delivery
Tech Sales Africa
A multi-shop device catalogue with recorded orders, stock reservations and a handoff to the seller.
Commerce & delivery
Appliance & Home
Appliance and homeware retail, with a cash-shopping website alongside the group’s layby channels.
Commerce & delivery
ROSI Express
Fresh-produce packages, customer ordering information and delivery-oriented shopping journeys.
Commerce & delivery
Deliver Now
Delivery booking, dispatch, courier onboarding, tracking and merchant workflows.
Business systems
FLUX
LPG sales, cash-ups, stock and reconciliation. Includes the Nexas Gas client implementation.
Business systems
Till Yi
Retail sales, stock, purchases, laybys and multi-company double-entry accounting.
Business systems
Lavo Africa / Wacha
Laundry bookings, order tracking and branch operations, developed through the Wacha Smart Laundry implementation.
Business systems
Tasks by MMG
Team task capture and allocation, boards, meeting records, shared lists and reminder workflows.
Business systems
FLUX Payroll
Payroll records and calculations, payslips and reporting for business teams.
Business systems
InstaBOQ / BuildSmart
Construction planning, estimating and bills of quantities, with professional review of estimates.
Business systems
Zino / EarnLink
Referral campaigns and commission tracking. Zino is the public brand running on EarnLink.
Business systems
Ultra Pay
Branded checkout and payment-status coordination across business products. A Millennial Ultra Solutions product.
Business systems
Budget Health
Member services, claims administration, contribution records and provider workflows.
Business systems
Help Me
WhatsApp-based assistance requests and helper matching across local and international corridors.
Web & client work
Guide Construction
A construction company website presenting services, projects and clear enquiry routes.
Web & client work
Tevel24
A plant and tool-hire website with structured enquiries and booking handoffs.
Web & client work
ParcelPro
Parcel-service information and quoting interfaces for UK and international shipping.
Web & client work
Bluerock Projects
A construction portfolio website with project galleries, enquiry handling and project administration.
Experiments & tools
Sunrise Distribution
A distribution-workflow prototype exploring rep load-outs, deliveries, collections and daily reconciliation.
Experiments & tools
Hivo
A property-operations prototype exploring rental records and collection workflows.
Experiments & tools
Pulse
Internal, cookieless analytics for examining activity across websites and commerce funnels.
Experiments & tools
PopDetecto
A reusable software component for parsing payment references and checking duplicate payment evidence.
Experiments & tools
Millennial Ultra Discovery
Resumable business discovery, optional AI-assisted scoping and proposal drafts for human review.
Experiments & tools
Ultra Build Console
Internal infrastructure oversight, build and release evidence, and approval workflows.
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Three projects, a closer look03 / FEATURED WORKCOMMERCE · OPERATIONS · FINANCE
Three projects.
A closer look.
A closer look at three products
within the wider portfolio.
01
COMMERCE / FOUNDER & CEO
Layby Africa
Connecting a customer’s layby journey with the retailer’s daily operations.
My contribution
Platform vision, product development and day-to-day operations. Bringing storefronts, customer accounts and payment workflows together.
THE CUSTOMER JOURNEY
Storefront
Customer
Payment
LLayby Africa
02
OPERATIONS / ORIGINATOR & OWNER
FLUX
Bringing LPG sales, stock and reconciliation into a connected working process.
My contribution
Practical tools for the till, site teams and the office. Translating the realities of a distributed operation into clearer records and daily accountability.
THE DAILY OPERATION
01 Sales
02 Stock
03 Reconciliation
FFLUX
03
FINANCE / PRODUCT OWNER
Till Yi
Connecting operational transactions with structured financial records.
My contribution
Multi-company, double-entry accounting. Connecting each transaction to its supporting record and the books it feeds.
THE FINANCIAL RECORD
Transaction ↘
Record ↘
Books ↗
TTill Yi
04 / PROFESSIONAL PROFILEDOWNLOAD CV + PORTFOLIO
The roles
behind
the work.
Leadership, venture building and practical operational experience.
GROUP LEADERSHIP
Chief Executive Officer
Millennium Management Group
Business leadership across software, commerce and operational ventures. Visit MMG ↗
VENTURE BUILDING
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Layby Africa
Platform vision, product development and the operation of a layby marketplace.
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Director & Company Secretary
Millennial Ultra Solutions
Corporate responsibilities across the company’s retail, software and client work. Visit Millennial Ultra ↗
APPOINTMENT / FEB 2022 – FEB 2023
Construction Manager
Build Smart Management Group
Appointed to manage construction work and site health and safety responsibilities.
05 / WORKING PRINCIPLESBUILD. RUN. IMPROVE.
Start with
the operation.
Understand the people, decisions and processes the system needs to support.
Make the
pieces connect.
Bring product, records and workflows together around a practical business need.
Stay close
to the detail.
Use what happens in daily operations to guide the next improvement.
06 / START A CONVERSATIONHARARE, ZIMBABWE
Let’s make
it work.↗
Business. Products. Practical systems.
kahwitisteven@gmail.com